Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list
Date	2020-12-01 22:10 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> Dolores Filandro <dolfiland8@gmail.com> writes:
>>On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 8:14:41 PM UTC-5, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>>
>>> My immediate intuition is that there is no case in which one would want 
>>> to throw a const away with a cast, and this would have been a better 
>>> choice. 
>>> 
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>>You need to throw const away with a cast
>>if you want to write the bsearch function in C.
>
> If they had changed the C standard as Joe suggested, they would
> likely have added a bsearch_const() function (or possibly changed
> the bsearch prototype to include const).

bsearch's prototype includes const everywhere one might expect.  There's
no apparent reason you'd have to cast away const to implement it.
Dolores Filandro is, quite likely, trolling.

-- 
Ben.

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arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 11:00 +0100
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2020-11-28 10:49 +0000
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 12:12 +0100
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 03:21 -0800
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-11-28 08:32 -0500
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 14:49 +0100
        Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-28 16:08 +0000
          Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 17:16 +0100
          Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-11-28 16:23 +0000
            Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 17:35 +0100
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 17:34 +0100
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 17:38 +0100
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-11-28 13:03 -0500
        Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Woodall <news001@woodall.me.uk> - 2020-11-28 23:40 +0000
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Dolores Filandro <dolfiland8@gmail.com> - 2020-12-23 13:06 -0800
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-11-28 18:08 +0000
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-28 19:14 +0100
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-11-28 19:14 +0000
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Woodall <news001@woodall.me.uk> - 2020-11-28 18:13 +0000
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-28 17:16 -0800
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-11-29 09:41 +0000
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-29 02:16 -0800
        Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-11-29 18:32 +0000
        Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-11-30 09:01 +0000
          Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-11-30 13:03 +0000
            Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-11-30 20:46 +0000
              Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-30 21:03 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-11-30 22:27 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-11-30 18:14 -0700
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-11-30 23:02 -0500
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Dolores Filandro <dolfiland8@gmail.com> - 2020-11-30 20:12 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-12-01 15:04 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-01 22:10 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-12-01 22:25 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-01 23:43 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-12-01 23:25 -0500
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-02 14:53 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-12-02 07:03 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-02 23:48 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-12-02 11:13 -0500
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-06 05:34 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-12-02 16:25 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-02 23:58 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-03 21:16 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-12-01 07:33 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-01 03:46 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-12-01 17:15 +0000
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-04 00:17 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-01 10:07 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-13 11:06 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-12-01 07:04 -0800
                Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-01 04:09 -0800
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-11-29 18:28 +0000
        Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list dave_thompson_2@comcast.net - 2021-01-31 16:03 -0500
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-11-29 14:01 -0500
        Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-11-30 09:05 +0000
          Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-11-30 07:09 -0500
          Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-11-30 13:06 +0000
            Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-11-30 06:28 -0800
              Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-11-30 15:50 +0000
            Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-11-30 10:07 -0500
              Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-11-30 15:26 +0000
          Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-11-30 10:02 -0500
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-11-29 12:32 +0000
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-11-29 18:58 -0800
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-29 13:52 +0100
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Dolores Filandro <dolfiland8@gmail.com> - 2020-12-23 13:56 -0800
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-11-28 23:41 -0800
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 12:23 +0100
      Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-06 16:27 -0800
        Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 11:17 +0100
  Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-11-29 18:34 +0000
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-11-29 21:23 +0100
    Re: arranging items in a array with a sorted pointer-list Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-11-30 09:10 +0000

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